Normal air traffic on Bucharest Henri Coanda International Airport – the 9th of May 2012, 7:30PM

On the busiest day in the history of Bucharest Henri Coanda International Airport (BHCIA), the air traffic was normally carried out, no incidents occurred.

On the 9th of May, until 7:30 PM, 58 charters landed with over 12,000 supporters of the two UEFA Europa League finalist teams. The supporters were taken over as soon as possible by the tourism agencies buses, the shuttles being provided by Bucharest City Hall, as well as 780 and 783 bus lines or Henri Coanda Express train.

Regular air traffic was not affected; all the flights took off and landed according to the flights schedule. There were also thousands of supporters who arrived on regular flights.

On Henri Coanda Airport all the conditions for good ongoing air traffic operations were met, as a result of the good cooperation of the airport administration with Bucharest City Hall and all the other institutions involved in the organization of the UEFA Europa League Final.

A number of 25,000 fans are estimated to go through Henri Coanda Airport, out of which 15,000 today. It is worth mentioning that the average number of passengers arriving in a regular air traffic day is 10,000.

Concerning some information quoted by the Romanian press of the Spanish newspaper El Correo, regarding an alleged capacity limitation on BHCIA and changing operating hours by the airport, we make the following specifications:
- all requests for slots allocations (operating program) were promptly solved by the airport, identifying and allocating slots, including additional ones;
- no allocated slot was modified by the airport;
- the responsibility for any program changes of the timetable or delays of charter flights belongs entirely to charter flights airline carrier.

Communication Department

Bucharest Airports National Company